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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What possible consequence of Roman's sickness does the director mention?
(a) Cincinnatus will need a new attorney.
(b) Roman will not be able to deliver a complaint for Cincinnatus.
(c) Cincinnatus will need to represent himself.
(d) Roman may not make it to the execution.

2. Where does Pierre say he is from?
(a) Upper Kinderton.
(b) Upper Hampshire.
(c) Upper Elderbury.
(d) Upper Didderdown.

3. Who does Emmie slip past when he opens the door to Cincinnatus's cell?
(a) Cincinnatus.
(b) The prison guard.
(c) The prison director.
(d) Cincinnatus's lawyer.

4. How does Marthe leave her first visit with Cincinnatus?
(a) She is carried out on a couch.
(b) She walks out laughing.
(c) She runs out crying.
(d) She waves goodbye and seems to vanish.

5. Which way does Rodion sharpen a pencil?
(a) With his teeth.
(b) Alternately away from himself and toward himself with a knife.
(c) Away from himself with a knife.
(d) Toward himself with a knife.

6. How old is Cincinnatus when he gets his first job?
(a) Fifteen.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Seventeen.
(d) Thirteen.

7. What do Rodion and Cincinnatus do when Rodion comes back to Cincinnatus's cell after first dropping him off?
(a) They jump.
(b) They sing.
(c) They dance.
(d) They fly.

8. How old is Emmie?
(a) Ten.
(b) Six.
(c) Eight.
(d) Twelve.

9. Who finds what the lawyer was looking for at the beginning of his meeting with Cincinnatus?
(a) The prison guard.
(b) The prison director.
(c) The lawyer.
(d) Cincinnatus.

10. Who enters the cell after Cincinnatus undresses at the end of his second day in prison, snapping Cincinnatus's world back to normal?
(a) The spider.
(b) Rodion.
(c) Marthe.
(d) The prison director.

11. When Cincinnatus asks the prison director when his execution will be, what answer does the director give?
(a) The director does not know when the execution will be.
(b) The director says the execution will be in a year.
(c) The director says the execution will be the next day.
(d) The director says the execution will be whenever Cincinnatus is ready.

12. What does Marthe's escort keep trying to make her wear?
(a) A shawl.
(b) Gloves.
(c) A coat.
(d) A hat.

13. How does Cincinnatus feel about his wife?
(a) He loves her.
(b) He hates her.
(c) He likes her.
(d) He doesn't care about her.

14. What does Cincinnatus do when he undresses at the end of his second day in prison?
(a) He redresses and undresses in several different outfits, changing personality.
(b) He puts his clothes in the bed to form a second version of him.
(c) He throws his clothes out the window.
(d) He continues undressing and takes apart his entire body.

15. What does M'sieur Pierre show Cincinnatus?
(a) A collection of stamps from different times and places.
(b) Snapshots of himself.
(c) Articles cut out from magazines.
(d) Different colored stones.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rodrig Ivanovich holding after Cincinnatus reads the letter?

2. What unnatural event from Cincinnatus' childhood does he describe?

3. What crime does Pierre say he was accused of?

4. What animal arrives with Marthe and her family?

5. What furniture is in Cincinnatus' cell?

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